Cigar case



Nov. 6, 1923.

D. M. NEWBOLD, JR

CIGAR CASE Filed July 11. 1922 attozncg Patented Nov. 6, 1923.

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Application filed July 11, 1922. Serial No. 574,272.

adapted to be separated into a number of pockets as the exigencies of the case may require, or make desirable.

In am aware that it is not new to provide pockets of this character for containing individual cigars, the pockets being designed to be separated in such a manner that each cigar will, when the case is separated, have a complete pocket. However, as far as I know, it has been customary to form these cases in such a way as to adapt them for receiving the cigar, pointed end first, thus exposing or partially exposing at the top of the case,'the cut or lightable end of the cigar.

My purpose is to provide a pocket in which the method of use suggested above is reversed, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a sanitary cigar case comprising one or more pockets so constructed that the end of the cigar, which is to be lighted, is protected from coming in contact with any foreign substance when in position in the container, and also to protect said end from injury, it being well known that the cut or lightable end of the cigar is more susceptible to injury by chafing in the pocket or from other causes, than the tapered or closed end.

Furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide a means for protecting the cut end of the cigar while being inserted in the container.

In the construction about to be described, there is provided byreason of the expansion or the case laterally by the insertion of the cigar, a seat or foundation for the cut end upon which it can rest and remain firmly secured. Furthermore, the formation or shape of the case which is assumed when the cigar is in place is quite diiierent from the empty case in that the lower bevelled end of the container completely disappears, as is shown best in Figures 3 and 4; of the drawing, wherein it will be noted a square lower end is presented with the result that themovement of thecasein the. pocket completely eliminates the tendency to force the cigar to a high point inthe pocket as is the case with containers whose lower ends remain pointed at all times, regardless of whether or not a cigar is contained. Obviously, the various.

objects and advantages above outlined in no way aifect the possibilities incident to folding or packing the container in a minimum amount of space, for shipment or handling.

In the drawings illustrating the invention: I Fig. 1' 1s a perspective view of the case or container 01' a size to accommodate three pockets.

Fig. 2 is an edge View. of the same folded.

Fig. 3 is a similar-view of the container expanded showing the position the bottom or base of the case assumes when the case is extended. Y

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of one of the pockets witha cigar contained therein.

Referringto the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the sides of the container, which preferably are made of light cardboard or at least of a paper or material considerably heavier than the material of which the expanding walls of the pockets are made.

These sides are formed by folding a piece of paper of the desired widthat the point a.

The numeral 2 designates a series of pockets secured at intervals to the inner face of the side pieces, the pockets being formed by creased or accordion-like partitions 3, which in my construction, extend from a point a considerable distance from the bottom of the side pieces, to or adjacent to the upper edges of said pieces, thus leaving between the partitions and the bottom of the container a considerable space 4 before a cigar is inserted in the container. However, upon inserting the cigar, with the cut or lightable end downward, it will cause the pockets to expand, and the side pieces to be separated from each other, and at the same time this expansion will cause the bottom of the container to be flattened out, as indicated at b in Figures 3 and 4, thus forming a squared rest and seal for the cut end of the cigar.

Both of the side pieces 1 are provided with a continuous line of perforations 0 upon which the container may be separated into any desirable number of individual pockets as would be desirable where the container is given to the customer bya merchant to accord with the sale of any number of cigars; or obviously, for individual and more private use, the containers may be made up in sections of say four or five compartments of convenient pocket size, in which case the outer side edges of the side pieces would be devoid of the remnants of perforations, that would otherwise be present as in case where the pockets were separated upon the lines of perforations.

As stated in the beginning of this specification, it is usual, so far as I know, to pro vide containers of this character, but they are adapted for receiving th pointed or mouth end of the cigar, and no provision is made for protection of the opposite or cut end of the cigar, and I have found by experiment with my container that not only are the cigars protected from breaking at th point most susceptible of injury, but by contact between the flat or squared end of the cigar and the flat or squared surface produced when the container is expanded, the cigar is held firmly in place in the pocket, thus eliminating injurious friction.

The partitions 3 are preferably of such length that they terminate at their lower ends a suflicient distance above the folding point a of the side pieces, that a cigar of ordinary size will expand the pocket to an extent sufficient to entirely close the space t when inserted, as better shown in Figures 3 and 4. It will be observed that the lower ends of the side pieces are provided with crease bends 6 at the bottom of the partitions and side walls 3, and a crease bend 7 intermediate these crease bends. By reason of these bends the bottom is allowed to come flat when the cigar is inserted. Thus the bottom forms a flexibl bottom connecting the side pieces.

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As indicated by the numeral 5, I normally slightly flare the pieces 1 at their upper ends, thus facilitating easy entrance of the cut end of the cigar into the pocket.

Claims:

1. A cigar container in the form of a pocket of a size suitable to contain a cigar and comprising side pieces having a flexible bottom connecting their lower ends, expansible side walls secured to the inner faces of the side pieces and terminating at their lower ends at a point considerably above the normal central point of the bottom, said side pieces and bottom having a flexible crease bend at the lower end of the expansible side walls whereby, upon the insertion of a cigar, the lower ends of the side pieces spread apart and the bottom rises to form a squared seat for the inserted end of the cigar.-

2. A cigar container of a suitable size to receive a cigar and consisting of a strip of material doubled upon itself and provided at its doubled portion with a flexible crease bend, said strip being further provided with a pair of flexible crease bends evenly spaced from the first mentioned bend, the portion ofthe strip between the pair of bends forming a flexible bottom, expansible walls secured to the inner faces of the sides and terminating at their lower ends at the pair of crease bends whereby, upon insertion of a cigar, the side pieces will move apart and.

the bottom rise to form a squared seat.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID M. NEWBOLD, JR. /Vitnesses:

AMANDA C. STEVENSON, H. S. Hummers.- 

